Kim Shin-jo, North Korean Commando Who Sought to Kill South Korea’s Leader, Dies

Kim Shin-jo, North Korean Commando Who Sought to Kill South Korea’s Leader, Dies
He famously said the mission of a hit squad sent by Pyongyang in 1968 was to “slit the throat” of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee.
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